The Effect of Parent Socio Economic Status on the Academic...

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM If education is a weapon of liberation from ignorance, poverty and diseases, then the education for a child means giving the child the potentials to improve himself and the educational standard will no small way improve the child’s worth; hence the child would be able to play his or her own role in the building of his or her own nation. The need to improve on the educational standard by all means stem from the fact that education will not only develop the personality of the individual in full but will equally prepare to take specific jobs which will change his or her environments. Due to the vital role education plays in nation building, many people are concerned about the quality of education given to the child.†¦show more content†¦However the time frame can adversely affect the quality of work done. For further study, more time should be allotted; the study should also cut across more than local government authorities in the state. OPERATIONAL DEFINITION OF TERM 1. Social class: - this refers to the major group whose members are of approximately the same economic position, prestige, power, occupation and value orientations in the society, social class is a major dimension of social stratification. 2. Social stratification: - this refers to the organization of society in terms hierarchical order. It is the aspect of inequalities in society, in terms of services, right, obligation, power and prestige. 3. Social economic: - this refers to the study of socio-economic status of any given individual, sociologist have relied on socio-economic indices such as occupation, level of education and income of the individual. 4. Academic performance: - this is generally used to the performance of pupils, students in subject of school curriculum. 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